Cotton County News

Southwestern Oklahoma farmers interested in an alternate crop for winter wheat are invited to attend one or all winter canola field meetngs Thursday, Oct.

Lucile Julius, 94, of Moore, Okla., was born on May 30, 1915. Her parents G. L. and Icena Pfeifer lived four miles east of Randlett, Okla.

Two people are behind bars in Cotton County after a major drug bust. Multimedia Watch The Video Authorities made the bust Monday night on Highway 70 near the Randlett exit of I-44. Officials confiscated about a 130 marijuana plants at a residence.

The Department of Public Safety spends thou- sands on them, but videos are closed to the public.

OKLAHOMA CITY a ' Fred C. Smith Jr. has been appointed as the new district attorney for Comanche and Cotton counties in southwestern Oklahoma.

Agriculture officials in southwest Oklahoma say a winter drought, heavy spring rains and a late freeze have combined for a dismal picture for this year's wheat harvest.

The district attorney that has represented two southwestern Oklahoma counties for the past 22 years plans to retire at the end of the month.

Temple_They're contracted to work for the town of Temple, but for now, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections has suspended the Cotton County Town's Prisoner Public Works Program.

In Lawton, cars were stranded all over the roadways. Police and firefighters pulled numerous people from their vehicles after driving into deep water.

Temple_Heavy downpours Wednesday morning flooded roads, businesses, and even some homes in Texoma.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a Lawton woman has been killed in a two-car crash after hydroplaning on the H.E. Bailey Turnpike.

Authorities say severe weather left damage in parts of Oklahoma today and led to the traffic-related death near Walters.

Times Record News File Photo Rinette Ross is pictured in this 1999 file photo as she taught a science class at Washington Jackson Math Science Center.

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A woman being held in an Oklahoma jail in lieu of a $1 million bond admits fatally shooting her elderly husband, a former Grady County resident.

Walters_A Walters woman who told police she shot and killed her husband Monday afternoon could have been mentally ill.